Finding Our Way Back
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Jay Halstead thought leaving Chicago was the only way to protect the woman he loved.
Hailey Upton thought she'd finally learned how to live without him.
Years have passed since Jay walked away from Intelligence, his marriage, and the woman who had been his best friend long before she became his wife.
Hailey has built a new life for herself. She's stronger, more independent, and determined to never let anyone break her heart the way Jay did.
Then a case brings them both back to Chicago.
Neither of them knew the other would be there.
One look is all it takes for Jay to realise the truth he's spent years running from:
Leaving Hailey was the biggest mistake of his life.
But Hailey isn't the woman he left behind.
She's angry. She's hurt. And she's not about to make it easy for him to come back into her life.
As the case forces them to work side by side, old habits return, buried feelings resurface, and the walls they've spent years building begin to crack.
Can two people who never stopped loving each other find their way back?
Or did Jay leave their second chance somewhere on the other side of goodbye?
An Upstead second-chance story. Because they deserved better. ❤️
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